A major United States pecan processing plant in Goldthwaite, Texas was ravaged by a fire, destroying the entirety of the facility and 100,000 pounds of pecans. Besieged by the tragedy of potential destruction of its business, in addition to its facility, Leonard’s Big Valley Farm hired the Alex N. Sill Company as its loss consultant and advocate for adjusting and presenting the damage claim to its insurance company. Although initially estimated as a $1MM loss by third parties, Sill’s adjuster, building expert, contents estimator, and business income loss accountant inventoried the damage, prepared comprehensive damage estimates and presented the detailed and overwhelming documentation to the insurance company. The result was a final loss settlement of nearly $3MM! As stated by Don Spitzer CFO of Leonard Enterprises and David Leonard VP of Pecan Tex LLC in a letter to Sill’s President:
“I wanted to write and “thank you” for all the work and effort you and your company did regarding our claim. I quickly realized that our company was not capable of filing an appropriate claim due to the size of our staff and the amount of details that had to be filed. After we did our due diligence on Alex N. Sill Company, we received very high recommendations! Hiring you and your company was the best executive decision I could make! Our success was outstanding. We could not be more pleased with 1) all the money which is paying for our new building and equipment, 2) the professional help we received, and 3) the overall approach that Alex N. Sill Company took care of.”
Don Spitzer, Chief Financial Officer